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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadium Krasnodar - Krasnodar Wednesday 2 December 2020 18.55CET (20.55 local time) FC Krasnodar Group E - Matchday 5 Stade Rennais FC Last updated 01/12/2020 03:25CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 FC Krasnodar - Stade Rennais FC Wednesday 2 December 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar Match background Neither Krasnodar nor Rennes can reach the last 16 in their debut UEFA Champions League campaigns, although there is still plenty to play for as they meet in Russia on Matchday 5. • Both teams had their faint hopes of progress from Group E extinguished last time out, each conceding in added time to lose 2-1 at home. Rennes were undone by a 91st-minute Chelsea winner while Krasnodar's third successive defeat was confirmed by a Sevilla goal five minutes into stoppage time. • That left both sides on a single point, gained in their Matchday 1 draw in France when a 56th-minute Sehrou Guirassy penalty for Rennes was cancelled out three minutes later by Krasnodar's Cristian Ramírez. That means the winners at the Stadium Krasnodar would seal third place in Group E; a draw would take it to Matchday 6. Form guide Krasnodar • Having marked their UEFA Champions League group stage debut with a first point in the competition thanks to the draw at Rennes, Krasnodar went on to lose 4-0 at home to Chelsea before being beaten away (2-3), in a game they led 2-0, and at home by Sevilla. • Krasnodar are the seventh Russian club to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first newcomers from the country since Rostov in 2016/17. • This is only Krasnodar's seventh season in UEFA competition – they have featured every year since making their debut in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League. In 2019/20, they were eliminated by Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League play-offs and went on to finish third in their UEFA Europa League section behind Basel and Getafe, picking up nine points from their six matches (W3 L3). • Third in the Russian Premier League for the second season in a row in 2019/20, Krasnodar had only played four European Cup matches before 2020/21. The first ended in a 1-0 home defeat by Porto in the 2019/20 third qualifying round first leg, only for them to then turn round the tie with a remarkable 3-2 victory in Portugal in which they led 3-0 at half-time. However, Olympiacos proved too strong for Murad Musaev's team in the play-offs, winning 4-0 in Greece and 2-1 in Russia. • Krasnodar had no such problems in this season's play-off, winning both legs of their tie against Greek club PAOK 2- 1 with Rémy Cabella scoring the winner in each game. • Before losing to Chelsea and Sevilla, Krasnodar had won three successive home matches in UEFA competition, although those are their only victories in the last ten games in their own stadium (D2 L5). • This is Krasnodar's sixth match against a French club. They drew 1-1 away and at home against LOSC Lille in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage and were paired with Nice at the same stage of the same competition in 2016/17, when they followed a 5-2 home win with a 2-1 loss in France. Rennes • The Ligue 1 side opened their first UEFA Champions League campaign with that draw at home to Krasnodar, Guirassy scoring Rennes' first ever European Cup goal, but subsequently lost at Sevilla (0-1) and Chelsea (0-3) before elimination was confirmed by another loss to the English side last time out. • Rennes are making their European Cup debut in 2020/21 having finished third in Ligue 1 last season. • This is Rennes' third successive season playing European football, a club first. • Having reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in 2018/19, Julien Stéphan's side finished fourth in their section in the same competition last season, picking up four points to finish behind Celtic, CFR Cluj and Lazio. • Rennes were 2-0 winners at home to Lazio on Matchday 6 in last season's UEFA Europa League, their only win in their last 11 European matches (D2 L8). • Rennes have lost their last six European away matches; a 3-1 win against Real Betis in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg (6-4 aggregate) was the last time they avoided defeat on their travels. • Les Rouge et Noir are the 11th Ligue 1 club to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage and the first French debutants since Montpellier in 2012/13. • The Matchday 1 draw with Krasnodar was Rennes' first European game against a Russian club. Links and trivia • Born in Corsica, French international Rémy Cabella started his youth career at Gazélec Ajaccio before joining Montpellier in 2004 aged 14. He was part of the club's senior squad between 2009 and 2014 and has also had spells 2 FC Krasnodar - Stade Rennais FC Wednesday 2 December 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar at Arles-Avignon (2010/11, loan), Marseille (2015–17) and St-Étienne (2017–19) in his homeland. • Cabella has played 13 games against Rennes (W3 D5 L5), scoring the only goal in Marseille's Ligue 1 away win on 3 December 2015. Cabella's Montpellier were beaten 2-0 at Rennes in the Coupe de la Ligue semi-finals on 16 January 2013. • Have played together: Rémy Cabella & Jonas Martin (Montpellier 2012–14) Rémy Cabella & M'Baye Niang (Montpellier 2014) Wanderson & Hamari Traoré (Lierse 2013–15) Latest news Krasnodar • Eleven Krasnodar players made their debuts in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, on Matchday 1, including 34-year-old striker Marcus Berg. • Krasnodar have picked up 21 points from their first 16 league games of 2020/21, nine fewer than at the same stage of last season. Saturday's 1-0 loss at Khimki made it four defeats in their last five Premier League matches. • The Bulls have won one of their last nine matches in all competitions (D1 L7), a 1-0 home victory against Tambov on 21 November that ended a run of five successive losses. • That win against Tambov was also Krasnodar's only clean sheet in their last 18 games, since a 2-0 home league win against Arsenal Tula on 18 August. • The 7-2 win at home to Khimki on 18 September was the first time Krasnodar have ever scored seven goals in a game. It was their biggest margin of victory since a 5-0 home success against Anzhi on 31 March 2019. • Viktor Claesson's opening goal could not prevent Sweden suffering a 4-2 defeat away to France in the UEFA Nations League on 17 November. • Ari came on as substitute against Tambov and Sevilla, his first appearances since 15 March. • Sergei Petrov will be out of action for the rest of this year with a hamstring injury suffered in Rennes on Matchday 1. • Matvei Safonov, whose last appearance came on 8 November, has been sidelined by illness while Dmitri Stotski is also unavailable through injury. • Goalkeeper Evgeni Gorodov made his European debut on Matchday 4. • Daniil Utkin is among the contenders for the Russian Premier League's best young player award. Rennes • Thirteen Rennes players made their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, on Matchday 1, including goalscorer Sehrou Guirassy. Only Steven Nzonzi and Martin Terrier had previously appeared in the competition. • Having been unbeaten in their first seven Ligue 1 fixtures this season (W4 D3), Rennes have lost three of their last five matches (W1 D1). They were held 1-1 at Strasbourg on Friday. • The 3-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain on 7 November was Rennes' heaviest Ligue 1 reverse since a 4-1 defeat away to the same opponents on 27 January 2019. • Rennes have won one of their last 11 matches in all competitions (D4 L6), since a 3-0 Ligue 1 success at St-Étienne on 26 September that was their fourth successive victory. • On 7 October Eduardo Camavinga, aged 17 years 333 days, became France's youngest goalscorer since Maurice Gastiger against Switzerland in March 1914. Camavinga scored the opening goal in a 7-1 friendly win against Ukraine at the Stade de France. • Camavinga had already became the youngest player to represent France since Gastiger in 1914 when he made his senior debut aged 17 years 304 days in the UEFA Nations League game against Croatia on 8 September (4-2). • Camavinga is also the youngest player to sign a professional contract with Rennes (17 years 35 days, December 2018), the first player born in 2002 to feature in one of Europe's top five leagues (April 2019) and the youngest goalscorer in Rennes' history (v Lyon, December 2019, 17 years 36 days). • Daniele Rugani (thigh) has not played since having to be replaced at Sevilla on Matchday 2. • Dalbert, who has not featured since being sent off on Matchday 3, has been sidelined by a knock while Jonas Martin, who has a thigh strain, made his last appearance on 28 October. • Guirassy had to be replaced on the stroke of half-time at Strasbourg on Friday due to injury. 3 FC Krasnodar - Stade Rennais FC Wednesday 2 December 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar • Faitout Maouassa suffered an ankle injury against Monaco on 9 September, returning to action as a late substitute against Chelsea on Matchday 4.